Just to say... I have found that an impossible task. I think the reason is that SMS thinks he knows best what to do. Once I accepted that one simple fact, everything worked out.
If someone does help figure this out... I want in! * * *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(561) 707-3496 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Eight Consecutive Years* On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:14 AM, DEBERT Jean-Louis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > Does anybody know if/how it is possible to force SMS to allocate extents > (the primary allocation then each secondary allocation) on different > volumes (even if there is space enough on the first volume to put several > extents there) ? > > This would be for an application that writes the file sequentially (for > performance) but then will read it direct access, using FEOV and POINT > (with as many DCB's as there are different volumes). > You guessed it, the application uses BSAM READ/WRITE with (respectively) > POINT/NOTE with TTR. > > The multi-volume data set is one way to somewhat allow more space than TTR > addressing allows (65,535 tracks on any volume) and for this purpose, it is > best to have (ideally) the largest possible allocation, but no more, on > each volume. > The same would be true if using TTTR (although with a bigger addressable > space per volume) > > Any hints are welcome. > > Thanks in advance. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *The Latest School District News: *It's your right. Vote in the General Election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. * * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
